当代著名的美国蒙古学家欧文·拉铁摩尔,1900年7月29日生于华盛顿。他出生后的头几个月是在故乡度过的。随后,他的父亲戴维·拉铁摩尔和母亲玛格丽特·拉铁摩尔移居到中国的北方。戴维·拉铁摩尔在中国政府的教育部门工作了二十年。拉铁摩尔十二岁时,被送往欧洲接受西方教育。他在瑞士的一所学校就读了二年。1915年他到英国坎伯兰圣·比斯学校又读了四年书,毕业后回到了中国。1920年他在上海一家报馆工作。两年后,他在北平和天津的阿诺德公司工作。阿诺德公司经营中国边疆属地——从东北 Owen Lattimore, a famous American Mongolian scientist, was born in Washington on July 29, 1900. The first few months after his birth were spent in her hometown. Subsequently, his father, David Lattimore, and his mother, Margaret Lattimol, moved to northern China. David Lattimore spent 20 years in the education department of the Chinese government. Lattimore was sent to Europe to receive Western education at the age of twelve. He studied at a school in Switzerland for two years. In 1915 he went to Cumberland St Biscay in England for another four years and returned to China after graduation. In 1920 he worked in a Shanghai newspaper. Two years later, he worked for Arnold in Peiping and Tianjin. Arnold operates border territories in China - from the northeast